Jesus and the Resistant

¹ And he entered into the synagogue again, and a man who had a withered hand was there. ²And they were watching him closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him. ³And he said to the man who had the withered hand, “Come into the middle.” ⁴And he said to them, “Is it permitted on the Sabbath to do good or to do evil, to save life or to kill?” But they were silent. ⁵And looking around at them with anger, grieved at the hardness of their hearts, he said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored. ⁶And the Pharisees went out immediately with the Herodians ⌞and began to conspire⌟ against him with regard to how they could destroy him.